Are Wakeboard Towers Worth It?

Yes, absolutely. We may be slightly biased, but getting a wakeboard tower is 100% worth it if you view your boat as more than just a boat, and wakeboarding as more than just a hobby. 

For anyone who spends significant time out on the water, it’s all about maximizing the enjoyment you get out of that time. Wakeboard towers customize the appearance of your boat, so it’s more distinctly you, and add an element of fun and functionality.

Should You Get a Wakeboard Tower for Your Boat?

Wakeboard towers are not for everyone, but if you’re the right type of person, the answer is a resounding yes. As any boat owner knows, buying a boat is not a financial investment – but it is a life investment. It’s a lifestyle purchase that pays dividends as you use it more and more. 

Remember that freedom when you first launched out on your new boat? If you enjoy wakeboarding, adding a wakeboard tower will feel the same way. Once you start using your wakeboard tower, you’ll ask yourself, “How did I go this long without one before?”

Top 5 Reasons You Need a Wakeboard Tower

“Do I need a wakeboard tower?” If you’re asking yourself this question, there’s a good chance the answer is yes. Wakeboard towers are a great addition for many reasons, and we’ve put together a handful of the most important. Here are a few reasons investing in a custom wakeboard tower is worth it.

1. Having an Elevated Tow Line Improves the Experience in Many Ways

Wakeboarding is all about speed and thrills, but at its core, it’s really about one more, much less exciting thing: physics. Acceleration and torque. Gravity and fluid dynamics. With these forces constantly at work on the boat and wakeboarder, it’s not surprising how much having an elevated tow line improves the experience in just about every way.

Wakeboard towers give you that elevated tow line that takes your wakeboarding to the next level in these key ways: 

• Bigger Air and More Pop: An elevated tow point allows the rider to use the rope tension to launch higher off the wake, resulting in more airtime for tricks.
• Reduced Rope Drag: Keeping the majority of the tow rope out of the water eliminates drag, providing a smoother, more consistent pull and preventing the rope from catching during tricks.
• Easier Starts for Beginners: The upward pull helps lift the rider out of the water, making deep-water starts significantly easier and faster to learn.
• Improved Boat Handling: The high, central pull point minimizes side-to-side yanking on the boat’s stern, making it easier for the driver to maintain a straight path and consistent speed.
• Enables Advanced Tricks: The combination of more airtime and a cleaner pull is essential for performing more complex aerial maneuvers, spins, and inverts.

2. Customized Appearance to Make It Yours

One thing that every boat owner shares is a feeling of pride in their vessel, and adding a wakeboard tower is one more way to make it look great, and reflect your own personal style. 

At Samson Sports, we offer five distinct wakeboard tower designs that offer important differences in both appearance and functionality. Each tower design includes additional customization options, and we have patterns for over 2,000+ different boat models, so no matter which you choose, you can be sure it will fit your boat perfectly.

3. More Lighting and Audio Options

Music always makes a day out on the lake even better, and a custom wakeboard tower by Samson Sports dramatically expands your audio options. We offer options for fully integrated tower speakers, marine amplifiers, and even in-boat speakers, so you can set the perfect soundtrack to your wakeboarding adventures.

And if you’d prefer a night on the lake rather than a day, our custom wakeboard towers offer easy mounting capabilities for tower lighting. 

4. Shade When You Need It

When you first get out on the water in the morning, the sun feels good. But when you’ve been out on the water all day, suddenly it’s mid-afternoon, and maybe you’re starting to feel a bit dehydrated, sometimes you need a break from the sun. 

A wakeboard tower with a bimini top gives you an expansive shaded area where you can kick back and relax.

5. Increased Resale Value

We said earlier in this article that a boat shouldn’t be considered a financial investment, but at the same time, sometimes there comes a time when a person must sell their boat. If this happens to you, you can be sure that one of our well-crafted custom wakeboard towers is a compelling value-add to shoppers on the resale market. 

Is a Custom Wakeboard Tower Worth It? Or Should I Get a Universal Wakeboard Tower?

This is an important question. Custom wakeboard towers are generally slightly more expensive than one-size-fits-all universal wakeboard towers. But is it worth it to pay a little bit more to get a custom piece?

Universal wakeboard towers often won’t fit your boat as well as a custom model; they don’t have the options you want, and the build quality won’t be as high. Take it from us: many of our customers purchase a custom wakeboard tower after they’ve been using a universal wakeboard tower for a long time, having decided they need an upgrade. Many of them tell us they wish they’d just gotten the custom wakeboard tower in the first place.

How Much Do Custom Wakeboard Towers Cost?

Custom wakeboard towers range in price, but it’s important to remember, this is one product where you’ll get what you pay for when it comes to quality. At Samson Sports, our custom wakeboard towers start at $2,295, depending on which specific options you’re seeking.

Like many purchases, it can feel like a lot at the time, but once you have it on your boat and you go wakeboarding with it the first time, we’re confident that you’ll feel like you made the right decision – and your wakeboarding tower is truly worth it.

We offer five unique wakeboard tower styles to match your needs and budget. If you have any questions about these, give us a call anytime and speak with one of our friendly experts.

• Saber Tower – Starting at $2,295.00
• Reverse Arch Tower – Starting at $2,295.00
• Harpoon Tower – Starting at $2,590.00
• Edge Tower – Starting at $2,755.00
• Blade Tower – Starting at $3,395.00